Wary of playing Scrooge during tough economic times, Congress is defying President George W. Bush's veto threat and considering extending unemployment benefits to the nation's growing jobless masses.

The Senate this week is expected to take up legislation already passed by the House that would extend unemployment insurance for those whose benefits have run out. The Senate vote could occur as early as Thursday evening and would require support from 60 senators to pass.

Bush has threatened to veto the bill, calling it fiscally irresponsible.

The Senate vote comes during the last session of the 110th Congress, during which the economy took the worst turn since the Great Depression and lawmakers approved a $700 billion economic bailout package.

The news is getting worse. The outgoing Congress is squabbling this week over whether to spend $25 billion of the bailout money to rescue

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Fiscally irresponsible? Are you kidding me Bush? Here's what you are saying: Give to the rich, but not to the ones who actually need it. Nice. That's why you will go down as the largest doosh to ever occupy the White House.

Posted Nov-20-2008 By

jivesoularry

Actually he will go down as one of the greatest presidents of all time. He only pisses off the liberals, no one else. I don't know anyone except my lib friends that say Bush did a bad job. He did an outstanding job and what pisses off the Liberals is that he won't back down and do what you want him to. He stayed the course and fought these bastards on thier soil and have them backed into a corner. Bin Laden is isolated and surrounded now and its just a matter of time now before he is captured orMore.. killed.Less..

Posted Nov-20-2008 By

FreedomStalker

It is fiscally irresponsible. Giving more incentive to people to stay out of work is a dumb idea. There are still PLENTY of jobs out there. We're nothing close to depression-era unemployment. This bill is just libs using the present situation to jam this bull shit robin hood mentality down the throats of American taxpayers.